Saturday, December 6, 2014

Negromancer News Bits and Bites for the Week of December 1 to 10, 2014 - Update #9


NEWS:

From Variety:  The 24th James Bond is named "Spectre" and is due November 6, 2015.

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From YahooMovies:  The title and cast of the new James Bond will be announced Thursday, December 4, 2014.

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From Variety:  The winner of the Thanksgiving holiday box office was The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 with an estimated gross of $82.7 million haul from Wednesday, November 26, 2014 to Sunday, November 30, 2014.

The film also won the Fri., Nov. 28th to 30th, 2014 weekend box office with an estimated take of $56.9 million.
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From THR:  Rupert Murdoch comments about the all-white cast of his company, 20th Century Fox's movie, Exodus: Gods and Kings.

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From THR:  Corey Sligh, an actor on "The Young and the Restless" was hit by a car and beaten on Thanksgiving.


COMIC BOOKS:

From YahooTV:  Krysten Ritter gets the lead in Marvel's Netflix series, "Marvel's A.K.A. Jessica Jones."

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From Variety:  Benedict Cumberbatch as Marvel's Doctor Strange is official.

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From YahooGames:  Synopsis for the "Fantastic Four" reboot.

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From YahooGames:  A look at the Vision as he will be in Avengers: Age of Ultron.


STAR WARS:

From IBTimes:  Rumors about Episode 7's take on Han and Leia's relationship.

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From TheVerge:  Next Episode 7 trailer may appear on "Avengers: Age of Ultron."

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From EntertainmentIE:  Could the plot described in this article be the plot for Episode 7.

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From CSN:  This whole "there were white stormtroopers only" thing simply reveals that a large percentage of white people in America are straight up racists.  If that were true, so what?  It's a new day in the Star Wars Universe.  Welcome to get over it or get out.

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From TheAtlantic:  Of course, there are black stormtroopers...

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From TheVerge:  Actor and nerd, Donald Faison, has been a Black stormtrooper for years.

From TheAtlantic:  Race in science fiction - mostly about films.


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